What Puffer To Buy...?

[swizzlestick]

Hello, I have a 75 gal tank and ready to go and water is cycled. Wanted to know what species I could put in it...? I would prefer a larger puffer if possible, and could be the only fish as well if needed. Any info or ideas would be a great help...?

Thanks

[purplecandle]

The footprint will not be big enough for the most common monsters to turn around..like fahakas or porcupine.

To be honest a 75 is not a good option for a large puffer

So that brings you down to some medium sized puffers

If you are willing to go brackish-
Ceylons (hard to find, impossible almost)
2 Green spotted puffers (easy to find)
4 or 5 figure 8's (low brackish, is easy, easy to find puffer)

If you want to stay fresh

you can do a school of South American puffers ( constant supply of snails for their teeth, so start breeding snails before getting SAPS

Your tank is too big for a lot of the fresh puffers because most of them are luckers AND cannot have any tank mates including their own kind...so big tank , little action

And it is too small and will stunt the large puffers

And way to small for the x-large puffers..

[J-P]

Welcome to the forum!! how was the tank cycled?

[purplecandle]

J-P can I steal that for my sig?

Welcome to the forum!! how was the tank cycled?

It is funny to me..it is like walking up to someone and being really enthusiastic "HI, HOW ARE YOU!"..and then asking a personal question.."Do you dye your hair?"

Also, maybe if it is in my sig newbies will ask, "what does cycle mean?"

[J-P]

LOL!! that happened to me on my first post

I knew on that post what cycling was but just prior to that I didn't. Anyway.. yes it is funny / strange. no offence swizzlestick.

Sometimes we ask lame questions because we were once lame ourselves